Glass-rolling apparatus



-C. DAWSN. l GLASS ROLLING vAPPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 29. ISIS.

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GLASS ROLLING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FIL-ED MAH?, 1.918.

Patented BLW251920f 3 SHEETSv-.SHEET 2.

C. DAWSON.

'GLASS ROLLING APPARATUS. lAPPLICATION' FILI-Ip MAY 29. 191.8.

?atented May 25, 1920.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

Cil

citizen of the Unitsl States,

Slieccetion of A'spceijigioi: mail Iis'y 2s, mlm Serial No. 337,255.

Be il; known lilies CHARLES @lawson e, i'esicling et .Psalm @is 9 in the eouiifty oil l/leizel sind State of Til/esl, Virginie, have invented new snol useful lmplovemenis in Glass-Rolling Apjpmaiiusg of which the following is e speciicsiion. l y

This invention i'eleies lio glass rolling ap params and moireespeeielly to apparatus de signed to embed wife mesh in the sheet of glass being folle@ @ne object is 'to provide improved means foi* regulating #glie of the Wire mesh, zitsoothes obieci: io provide' sAi'oll ofsov'el colosbiiieion ei-,signed 'rho 'press lie i'ii'e imho ille elles il hes pesseil'unclei s soll regulated. @3o gage ills lzliiolmess of the glass.

uiiliei object is 'bo provide, in e ime- Leliiiio oif'che type described s 'roll Comprising a, plurality 03E spaced flislis sii'enge mi", sin angle, m iiielnef-l',V with Feliz-mense lso the longitudinel axis oi the will, @bese olislis aeting on ilie Wii'e mesh smi pressing @the leitei into elle ,glass ins more ,uniform emi e'eciive manner tlwfnejioll of the ordinary oonsiuoion 4 A still uiillei' object iste provide :i wessi" coole/l feeble csi'iying mok bziis mi the lippen :incl lowei= ,surfaces thei'eof, mesms ulosing pwieil foi" engaging the sfoieseidlowei mieli bers giving; e mole uniform. and even iliive iban .is possible in bhe use of s, iiiseliiiie iii which *sha fliive is iliougli melf:

v earned only upper portion of sable. EL still further object is lo provide for driving the rolls fiom lle isck'bsrs carrie by the uppei' surface of the table.

svill furloei' object is 'to provicle an apps-mios dssigioeto piofluce e lmgei oufeuf; slum @he ixiziehines ordinarily in use, the mimbe of assistants reoiiii-ecl being less lilium oustomsiily emploi/eil.

With the foregoing", :nifl @their in View', 'Lliis invention consists in lle novel sonstiifo'on, eomiiifiliiom :nifl arrangement of elemeziis herein flier oesoiibel olaimeii.

Figure l is e, 'View i A side eievm-ioii.

e lois Fig, is :i vertical transmise seetioli.`

l is u, further transverse section s'howing; the 'Wire mesh. being' isius M Fig. 5 shows one of the bearings for `the iollei's aljussble'lengthwise of the frame. Fig. 6 is ai desil Showing means for mls img; one of the reliefs oomrolling the Wiz-e mesh. y Fig. 7 is e detail 'View of the device forv egulailig tile Width of ille ,sheet 0i gles's seing rolled; i

"A plurality of standards 10 support 11p# pei' spaeed longitudinal side bers 12, cuiry-` the i'olls5 ihese Tolls being clesigime'cl fed into 'the' spp-Li;

i3, Tiel, 15, and 16, snol being mouniell'in jommsl lisses shown el; 1( the letter being" retained Within ieimes L87 19, 20, and 2l,

caiiiefl ily 'lala-e mein suppoiiiiig siiuouife, and sweetly carried. by bei-s l2. Eaehloll is adjustable by .means of e, hand WheelQB Controlling e screw A v i The roll l5 is of' sioeoial consi-,suction end is of the wessi coole type, including a hol! low axle on which 1s mounted a series' of disks 26? eirengecl si an nclinewitli rei,

eieilce 'io the longitudinal. exis of the roll`r A coller 27, isi eai'rlecl by eech end 'of k"die Toll and is thicker si; one side than ,et like otiiei, thereby povidizig for the imolinzitionv ol the disks.

in practice the disks eine about 12* in dismessi', and. are mede mm^i'ollecl steek, die thicker portions shereof being alom/e135 of mi inch and the thinner outer ortions filleul, 9E of an inch in lliickiiess. 'lfiifllis s, eoiovenieiiifwsy ef effecting the spacing of the disks at 'zheii' edges. o

Eaoli soll. is pievidel *with gear Wheels suoli es 30 and 3l ai; the opposite .ends there- 0i"7 lese rolls being'di'iven. jby means of l'he upper iaeli bars 32 carried by Mistral/'sling sable 35. The soll 16 eoiiifi'ols the tiiioliiiess oit' the glass before it passes piede? roll l5, anni before the Wio mesh is sppliei.4

rllle Wiie mesh is shown-ei; 36 andwpasses heir/veen Tolls 3'? 2mal 38, ifhe upper soll. loew` elevated portions 41 carried by the table at l yto resurface the sheet.

The upper ,roll remains in an elevated position until the sheet of glass is engaged by corrugated roller 15. The cams 41 then pass from beneath arms 39 and allow upper roll 37 to drop, the weight of the roll tightening the wire mesh while the sheet is being rolled. Upper roll 37 is again raised by elements 41 before a newsheet is engaged by corrugated roll 15.

The table 35, of the water cooled type, is

of steel and is mounted between longitudinally extending channel bars designated 45,l

these bars being supported, by frame 46, and 47, on each` side of structure, the frames in turn carrying brass journal boxes mounting the axles 48, and 49, of wheels 50. The

track on which the structure travels is des- I ignated 51. An intermediate frame 52, is located on each side of the structure, and

the elements 46, 47, and 52 support the lower rack bar, or bars, These rack bars are engaged by gear wheels 55 carried upon an axle 56, driven from any suitable source of power. I

The water cooled table' 35is provided at each end with a hood having inlet mem-- ber 61 connected therewith, and the table properis provided with a plurality of longitudinal ,channels'62 through which the water. circulates. An inclined plate 63 is 'located as shown.

The journal boxes and their supporting elements are shown in detail in Figs. 1, 2 and 5, and it will be observed that the brasses are grooved and held in position between vertical side members of the frame, and that coil springs are provided as shown at 65 and bear against the ends -of the adjusting screws 24, in order to provide necessary resiliency in the event that any hard substance carried by the molten glass comes into contact with the rolls. The width of the glass is regulated by suitable devices shown in Fig. 7.

Fig. 7 shows the device for regulating the width of the glass sheet, this device including the transverse rod 75 having connected therewith by means of eye members 76 and 77, bars 78 and 79, provided-with curved ends 80. Bars 78 and 7 9 support transverse bars 81 and 82 secured to bar 79, the elements 81 and 82 being slotted at one end to permit of adjustment.

The guides 84 and 85 control the width of the sheet of glass, guide 84 and bar 78 being adjustable on rod 75. Y

A table over which the wire mesh travels is designated 70, and it may be added that guiding devices engaging the rolls 13, 14, 15, and 16, and maintaining proper alinernent are shown at 71.

What'is claimed is:

1. In an apparatus of the class described, a traveling table, a supporting structure, a plurality of rolls carried by said structure, and means for embedding wire mesh in a sheet of glass being rolled, said means cornprising a corrugated roll formed of disks arranged at an incline with reference to the axle of the roll and angular elements of tapering cross section abutting the end disks of the roll and determining the angle of inclination of all of they disks.

2.V In an apparatus of the class described, a travelingtable, a supporting structure, a plurality of rolls carried by said structure, means for supporting wire mesh, means for guiding the wire mesh, and means for pressing the latter into a sheet of glass being rolled, said means last named comprising a water cooledroller including 'a plurality of disks spaced apart at their peripheries, and inclined with reference to the main axis of the roll and angular elements of tapering cross section abutting the end disks of the roll and determining the angle of inclination of all of` the disks.

3. In an apparatus of the class described, a traveling table, a plurality of rolls, a Astructure for supporting said rolls, means for driving the rolls by the movement of the table, means for supporting a wire mesh, means for feeding the mesh'into a sheet of plastic glass being rolled and width determining means comprising a frame' formed of pivotally mounted side bars, said lbars having curved portions extending over one of the rolls, slotted transverse bars connecting the side bars and adjustable with reference thereto, and parallel elements suspended from the frame and having blade forma- 4. In an apparatus of the class described, a traveling table, a plurality of rolls, asapporting structure therefor, means forr supporting a.wire mesh, and means for feeding said mesh and comprising a plurality of.

rolls, the lupper roll being vertically/movable, a plurality of pivotally mounted arms.

for controllingithe position of the upper roll, and means moving with the table for raising the arms and upperl roll, until a predetermined length of glass has been fed.

5. ln an apparatus of the class described,

'a travelingtable, a plurality of rolls, a sup- Cil ing the arms and upper 11011, until a plreden termned length of glass has been fed, said roll last named being groomed armularly near iis ends and the arms operating within said grooves.

G. In :L device of the class described, a 'traveling table, a plurality of rolls, means for feeding :L Wire mesh and comprising a puraty of rolls @ne of which is vertcaly movble, and means contolled by tbs posi tion of #ha tabe, for rzsng th@ roll nzund7 until :l predetfalmiued length of glass has bean fed.

In testimony 'Whel'eof l affix my sgllatue CH LR-L "E DAWSON. 

